Why are parents allowed to opt out of sex ed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't want my 4th grader know how to perform intercourse inpublic.

Did you review the sex ed materials before you made this decision?

How informed was your decision?

[Anonymous]

We will opt in AND have the talks at home. We already have age appropriate conversations about bodies and appreciate the age geared appropriate curriculum the schools offer. Kids gain a great deal from different teaching approaches. While we want to be primary for the difficult topics and questions we understand that kids will have different questions for teachers than us at times. And that’s ok. I’m glad they have additional grown ups to ask. Sex Ed is critical for them understanding their bodies and later in life having healthy intimacy. Early sex Ed is not going to be hyper specific but they do go over body autonomy and thank goodness for that.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids shouldn't be getting their sex education primarily from schools. I get that some parents are OK with outsourcing this, but for the others, they should have the right to opt out.

The type of people who opt out just tell their kids "sex is bad" and leave it at that.

IMO the way some of these religious nuts approach sex Ed (teaching kids crazy stuff like using tampons is bad) or not giving your kid sufficient info borders on abusive.

That's a very dumb assumption. I will opt out of sex ed, but I'm not teaching my kids any of the stuff you outlined. We'll opt out because it's part of an ongoing discussion on their bodies, boundaries, and health that's been going on since they were babies. We're they're resource for this info and if they have questions, we want them to come to us.

They will just get all the info from the other kids during recess.

[Anonymous]

We opted our 5th grader out because we didn’t trust that he would not be disruptive during the lesson. We went through all the content with him at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We opted our 5th grader out because we didn’t trust that he would not be disruptive during the lesson. We went through all the content with him at home.

what a dumb reason.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We opted our 5th grader out because we didn’t trust that he would not be disruptive during the lesson. We went through all the content with him at home.

what a dumb reason.

I think they sound considerate. It’s sad that consideration for others is considered dumb by some people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids shouldn't be getting their sex education primarily from schools. I get that some parents are OK with outsourcing this, but for the others, they should have the right to opt out.

The type of people who opt out just tell their kids "sex is bad" and leave it at that.

IMO the way some of these religious nuts approach sex Ed (teaching kids crazy stuff like using tampons is bad) or not giving your kid sufficient info borders on abusive.

That's a very dumb assumption. I will opt out of sex ed, but I'm not teaching my kids any of the stuff you outlined. We'll opt out because it's part of an ongoing discussion on their bodies, boundaries, and health that's been going on since they were babies. We're they're resource for this info and if they have questions, we want them to come to us.

They will just get all the info from the other kids during recess.

Why do you think the PP isn’t providing info?

[Anonymous]

I opted my foster son out when he was in 8th grade because he found the class discussions excruciatingly embarrassing to listen to, much less participate in. He said kids were saying outrageous and ridiculous things just for laughs. He comes from a culture where this type of thing is not tolerated.

When he was opted out he read books related to basic sex ed info in the library, he was fine with that. We also discussed appropriate topics at home. I did not opt my own kids out BTW, they were fine with the way the class went, I think they probably found it entertaining.

[Anonymous]

Opting out is preferable to having a small number of very focused parents working to have things completely removed from the curriculum for all of the students.

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Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous. They're just setting their kids up for failure.

The government should decide, because they know better than parents what’s best for the child.

I never can tell anymore but did you forget the /s?

Probably not. That's what many "liberals" and "democrats" actually believe today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't want my 4th grader know how to perform intercourse inpublic.

Did you review the sex ed materials before you made this decision?

How informed was your decision?

Or, more likely, maybe you didn’t review the materials at all and make uniformed decisions.

[Anonymous]

It used to be a basic reproductive anatomy lesson for a day or maybe a week in high school health class. No actual sex talk beyond stds, birth control and condom. Now look at it.

[Anonymous]

4th grade sex Ed is basically anatomy plus information about periods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It used to be a basic reproductive anatomy lesson for a day or maybe a week in high school health class. No actual sex talk beyond stds, birth control and condom. Now look at it.

Exactly. Now it’s a radical political agenda.
No, thank you. Most children have parents for that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't want my 4th grader know how to perform intercourse inpublic.

Did you review the sex ed materials before you made this decision?

How informed was your decision?

My DD read a lot of books, including anatomy of human body. Sex ed was focused on safe sex and condoms. It was too much for any 4th graders. If you want your 4th graders to be sexually active, it is your choice.